Middle East organizations will drive new digital business models by leveraging the USD 400 million growth in data storage to 2025, industry experts announced today.

The Middle East’s storage market will grow from USD 1.5 billion in 2014 by 14 percent CAGR to 2025, according to a recent report by Future Market Insights.

Supporting Digital Economy business models, the UAE’s leading information management consultancy Condo Protego announced today that it has achieved the exclusive Platinum Partner status by the newly-formed tech giant Dell EMC. Condo Protego will also continue to be a Direct Dell EMC partner and will continue to procure directly from Dell EMC for its customers.

“Business in the Middle East face increasing urgency to embrace digital transformation in order to stay competitive and viable. With a wider range of Dell EMC solutions, Condo Protego is committed to further supporting the Middle East’s digital transformation and economic growth,” said Andrew Calthorpe, CEO of Condo Protego.

Demonstrating the strong opportunities, more than 40 percent of Middle East organizations are digitally ready, while 55 percent are driving digital skills, according to a recent survey by Vanson Bourne for Dell EMC.

Middle East organizations are posting strong demand for Dell EMC converged, hyper-converged, and all-flash storage solutions, especially in verticals such as government and public sector, banking and finance, and hospitality and tourism.

“Dell EMC Platinum Partnership status is a testament to Condo Protego’s technical expertise in industry-leading Dell EMC technologies and continued trust from our hundreds of enterprise customers in the UAE, who include some of the largest datacenters in the UAE” added Andrew Calthorpe.

With less than two months to become compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the CEO of UAE-based IT infrastructure and information management consultancy and solutions provider

The shortlist for the Network Middle East 2018 Innovation Awards can now be unveiled. The shortlisted names have been forwarded to the judges who will pick a winner in each of the 16 category. The final